{"id":1605,"date":"2010-11-29T23:30:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2010-11-29T23:30:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T23:30:11","slug":"feodor-chaliapin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/feodor-chaliapin\/","title":{"rendered":"Feodor Chaliapin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"feodor chaliapin - black eyes \/ dark eyes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3nOBw2UlkI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><em>Who is singing in this video, and what is he singing?  Read on to find out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438!\u00bb<\/strong>  [Dear readers!]  <strong>\u00ab\u041a\u0430\u043a \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b<u>\u0438<\/u> \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d<u>\u044b<\/u>\u0435?\u00bb<\/strong>  [How was your weekend?]  Mine was quite lovely&#8211;I went to a bookstore, read a book <strong>\u00ab\u043e \u0421\u0442<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [about Stalin], and drank <strong>\u00ab\u043a\u0430\u043a<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [cocoa, hot chocolate].  And yes, I know Stalin is not the most conventional topic to read about, but I&#8217;m a historian of Russia, so <strong>\u00ab\u043c\u0435\u043d<u>\u044f<\/u> \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0435\u0442 \u0421\u0442<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [I&#8217;m interested in Stalin <em>or<\/em> Stalin interests me].<\/p>\n<p>But enough about Stalin&#8211;let&#8217;s talk about someone who was actually an admirable person: <strong>\u00ab\u0424\u0451\u0434\u043e\u0440 \u0428\u0430\u043b<u>\u044f<\/u>\u043f\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Feodor Chaliapin&#8211;<em>I realize this is not the most conventional transliteration of his name into English, but it is the transliteration most often used, so it is the one I shall use<\/em>]. <strong> \u00ab\u041a\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0439 \u0428\u0430\u043b<u>\u044f<\/u>\u043f\u0438\u043d?\u00bb<\/strong>  [Who is Chaliapin?]  <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0432\u0435\u043b<u>\u0438<\/u>\u043a\u0438\u043c <u>\u043e<\/u>\u043f\u0435\u0440\u043d\u044b\u043c \u043f\u0435\u0432\u0446<u>\u043e<\/u>\u043c\u00bb<\/strong>.  [He was a great opera singer.]  <strong>\u00ab\u041e\u043d \u0440\u043e\u0434<u>\u0438<\/u>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u041a<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0438 13 (\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043d<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u044f 1873 (\u0442<u>\u044b<\/u>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0441<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441<u>\u044f<\/u>\u0442 \u0442\u0440<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0442\u044c\u0435\u0433\u043e) \u0433<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0434\u0430.\u00bb<\/strong>  [He was born in Kazan on February 13, 1873.] <strong> \u00ab\u0412 \u0434<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u043e\u043d \u0431\u044b\u043b \u043f<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0432\u0447\u0438\u043c.\u00bb<\/strong>  [In his childhood he was a choirboy.]<\/p>\n<p>When he was seventeen, he left Kazan and <strong>\u00ab\u043f\u0443\u0442\u0435\u0448<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b \u043f\u043e \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0418\u043c\u043f<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0440\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [traveled around the Russian Empire].  He went to Moscow and Saint Petersburg and sang many roles over the years: <strong>\u00ab\u041c\u0435\u0444\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0444\u0435\u043b\u044c (\u00ab\u0424\u0430\u0443\u0441\u0442\u00bb), \u0420\u0443\u0441\u043b<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d (\u00ab\u0420\u0443\u0441\u043b<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d \u0438 \u041b\u044e\u0434\u043c<u>\u0438<\/u>\u043b\u0430\u00bb), \u0425\u0430\u043d \u041a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0430\u043a (\u00ab\u041a\u043d\u044f\u0437\u044c <u>\u0418<\/u>\u0433\u043e\u0440\u044c\u00bb)\u00bb<\/strong> [Mephistopheles (<em>Faust<\/em>), Ruslan (<em>Ruslan and Lyudmila<\/em>), Khan Konchak (<em>Prince Igor<\/em>)].  <strong>\u00ab\u041f<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b<u>\u044e<\/u>\u0446\u0438\u0438, \u043e\u043d \u044d\u043c\u0438\u0433\u0440<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b \u0432 \u0424\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d\u0446\u0438\u044e, \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u043e\u043d <u>\u0443<\/u>\u043c\u0435\u0440 \u0432 1938 (\u0442<u>\u044b<\/u>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0430 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0442 \u0442\u0440<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c<u>\u043e<\/u>\u043c) \u0433\u043e\u0434<u>\u0443<\/u>.\u00bb<\/strong>  [After the revolution, he emigrated to France, where he died in 1938.]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab\u0428\u0430\u043b<u>\u044f<\/u>\u043f\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> did not just sing opera.  In the video at the beginning of this post, he sings a Russian folk song, <strong>\u00ab<u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [Dark Eyes].  You can watch the video and then look at the lyrics.  As a side note, there are many different variations of this song out there, but this is the version <strong>\u00ab\u0428\u0430\u043b<u>\u044f<\/u>\u043f\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> sings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab<u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435, <u>\u043e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0436\u0433<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0447\u0438\u0435,<br \/>\n<u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435!<br \/>\n\u041a\u0430\u043a \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b<u>\u044e<\/u> \u044f \u0432\u0430\u0441! \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0431\u043e<u>\u044e<\/u>\u0441\u044c \u044f \u0432\u0430\u0441!<br \/>\n\u0417\u043d\u0430\u0442\u044c, \u0443\u0432<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0434\u0435\u043b \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u044f \u043d\u0435 \u0432 \u0434<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0447\u0430\u0441!<\/p>\n<p><u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435, \u0436\u0433<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0447\u0435 \u043f\u043b<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b!<br \/>\n\u0418 \u043c\u0430\u043d<u>\u044f<\/u>\u0442 \u043e\u043d<u>\u0438<\/u> \u0432 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d<u>\u044b<\/u> \u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0435,<br \/>\n\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0446\u0430\u0440<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0442 \u043b\u044e\u0431<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0432\u044c, \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0446\u0430\u0440<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043a<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0439,<br \/>\n\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043d\u044c\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0442, \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434<u>\u044b<\/u> \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440<u>\u0435<\/u>\u0442!<\/p>\n<p>\u041d\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0447<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b \u0431\u044b \u0432\u0430\u0441, \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434<u>\u0430<\/u>\u043b \u0431\u044b \u0442\u0430\u043a,<br \/>\n\u042f \u0431\u044b \u043f\u0440<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0436\u0438\u043b \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c \u0443\u043b\u044b\u0431<u>\u0430<\/u>\u044e\u0447\u0438\u0441\u044c.<br \/>\n\u0412\u044b \u0441\u0433\u0443\u0431<u>\u0438<\/u>\u043b\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u043d<u>\u044f<\/u>, <u>\u043e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435,<br \/>\n\u0423\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043b<u>\u0438<\/u> \u043d\u0430\u0432<u>\u0435<\/u>\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0451 \u0441\u0447<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0435.<\/p>\n<p><u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435, <u>\u043e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0436\u0433<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0447\u0438\u0435,<br \/>\n<u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435.<br \/>\n\u0412\u044b \u0441\u0433\u0443\u0431<u>\u0438<\/u>\u043b\u0438 \u043c\u0435\u043d<u>\u044f<\/u>, \u043e\u0447\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435,<br \/>\n\u0423\u043d\u0435\u0441\u043b<u>\u0438<\/u> \u043d\u0430\u0432<u>\u0435<\/u>\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0451 \u0441\u0447<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0435&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0447\u0451\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0435, <u>\u043e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0436\u0433<u>\u0443<\/u>\u0447\u0438\u0435,<br \/>\n<u>\u041e<\/u>\u0447\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0440<u>\u0430<\/u>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0435!<br \/>\n\u041a\u0430\u043a \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b<u>\u044e<\/u> \u044f \u0432\u0430\u0441! \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0431\u043e<u>\u044e<\/u>\u0441\u044c \u044f \u0432\u0430\u0441!<br \/>\n\u0417\u043d\u0430\u0442\u044c, \u0443\u0432<u>\u0438<\/u>\u0434\u0435\u043b \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u044f \u043d\u0435 \u0432 \u0434<u>\u043e<\/u>\u0431\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0447\u0430\u0441!\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I admit, I am not much of a translator when it comes to verse, but I&#8217;ll do my best.<\/p>\n<p>[Dark eyes, burning eyes,<br \/>\nPassionate and splendid eyes!<br \/>\nHow I love you!  How I fear you!<br \/>\nYou know, I saw you at an ill-fated moment!<\/p>\n<p>Dark eyes, burning flames!<br \/>\nAnd they beckon to far countries,<br \/>\nWhere love rules, where peace rules,<br \/>\nWhere there is no suffering, where enmity is banned!<\/p>\n<p>If I hadn&#8217;t met you, I would not suffer so,<br \/>\nI would have lived life smiling.<br \/>\nYou have destroyed me, dark eyes,<br \/>\nTaken my happiness forever.<\/p>\n<p>Dark eyes, burning eyes,<br \/>\nPassionate and splendid eyes!<br \/>\nYou have ruined me, passionate eyes,<br \/>\nTaken my happiness forever&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dark eyes, burning eyes,<br \/>\nPassionate and splendid eyes!<br \/>\nHow I love you!  How I fear you!<br \/>\nYou know, I saw you at an ill-fated moment!]<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed the song!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is singing in this video, and what is he singing? Read on to find out. \u00ab\u0414\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438!\u00bb [Dear readers!] \u00ab\u041a\u0430\u043a \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u044b\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435?\u00bb [How was your weekend?] Mine was quite lovely&#8211;I went to a bookstore, read a book \u00ab\u043e \u0421\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0435\u00bb [about Stalin], and drank \u00ab\u043a\u0430\u043a\u0430\u043e\u00bb [cocoa, hot chocolate]. And yes, I know Stalin is not&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/feodor-chaliapin\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,178],"tags":[12785,1211,1213,1227,1239,12784,12783,1696,12786],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-history","tag-feodor-chaliapin","tag-russia","tag-russian","tag-russian-culture","tag-russian-history","tag-russian-music","tag-russian-songs","tag-1696","tag-12786"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1616,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}